V knigu voshli izbrannye p'esy, rasskazy i esse, napisannye pisatelem - radiozhurnalistom. Esse - odin iz lyubimykh zhanrov pisatelya, potomu chto tochno otobrazhaet psikhofiziku personazhey. Glavnye geroi knigi - obychnye lyudi i znamenitosti, pragmatichnye chinovniki i sentimental'naya intelligentsiya, talantlivye literatory i samovlyublennye grafomany. Kniga budet interesna vsem lyubitelyam sovremennoy rossiyskoy literatury.